On 7 and 8 September 2024, the III Brazilian Youth Draughts-64 Championship was held in the municipality of Jaú-SP. The championship was organized by the Liga Brasileira de Jogo de Damas with the support of Jaú-SP and the IDF. 158 players took part in the championship in the categories under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 21 for boys …
Read More »The 10th Malawi Draughts-64 Championship was held in Lilongwe
The 10th Malawi Draughts-64 Championship was held in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, at the SIMAMA Hotel, from 23 to 25 August 2024. 52 athletes took part in the men’s championship, and 8 athletes in the women’s championship. The 2024 Malawi Champions were International Masters Enock Banda for men and Suzen Kachepa for women! See the results and report on …
Read More »William Chinzewe is the 2024 Zambian Champion!
The Zambia Draughts Federation held from 29 June to 1 July 2024 the 3rd Tentani D. Mwanza Men’s National Individual Draughts-64 Championship in honor of the founding president of ZDF, Mr. Tentani D. Mwanza. The National Championship was a qualifier for the 2024 World Draughts-64 Championship. 25 of Zambia’s strongest athletes competed for places for participation at the World Championship. …
Read More »International grandmaster Altynay Jumagaldiyeva won the Open German Championship
From November 10 to 12, 2023, the following events took place in Saarbrücken (Germany): 17th International Draughts 100 Tournament Saarbrücken – Open (November 10 – 11, 2023) 13th Open German Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian version) (November 11 – 12, 2023) Multiple champion of Asia and world youth championships, international grandmaster Altynay Jumagaldiyeva (Kazakhstan) won the Open German Championship | Results Jacob …
Read More »Results of the Brazilian Youth Championship
On September 2 and 3, 2023, the II Brazilian Youth Draughts-64 Championship was held in the municipality of Jaú-SP. The championship was organized by the Liga Brasileira de Jogo de Damas with the support of the municipal mayor of Jaú-SP and the IDF. 146 players took part in the championship in the categories under 8, under 10, under 12, under …
Read More »Abdul Hafiz became the winner of the Uganda draughts-64 championships
Abdul Hafiz became the winner of the Uganda national draughts-64 championships (poolcheckers and Russian version of draughts-64)! The first of two UDF annual national poolcheckers draughts championships took place on 8th May 2022 at Hotel D’Venue in Masindi town. A total of 30 players (28 men and 2 ladies) took part in the championship.
Read More »William Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion!
Zambia Draughts Federation held on 15th to 17th April 2022 in Olympic Youth Development Centre of Lusaka, capital of Zambia, the Tentani D. Mwanzah Individual Draughts-64 National championship in honor of ZDF Founding President Mr. Tentani D. Mwanzah. 15-old William, Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion and received the title of IDF master! Elijah, Chanda took 2nd place, international grandmaster …
Read More »International grandmasters Vera Khvaschinskaya and Ihar Mikhalchenka are champions of Belarus in 2022!
Belarusian Draughts-64 Championship among men and women (major league) was held from 21 to 30 January 2022 in the Republican Olympic Center for Chess and Draughts (Minsk, Marx str., 10). International grandmasters Vera Khvaschinskaya and Ihar Mikhalchenka became champions of the Republic of Belarus.
Read More »News from Malawi
In an effort to continue promoting draughts sport in Malawi and Africa at large The Association of Draughts in Malawi (ADMA) invites Zambia youth talented player William Chizewe to Marathon games that will take place from 12 January to 18 January 2022 in Blantyre and Lilongwe. While in Malawi, young rising African star William Chizewe won intermational masters Enock Banda …
Read More »Traditional tournaments in Saarbrücken, Germany, completed
From 19 to 21 November 2021 in Saarbrücken (Germany) the following traditional draughts competitions were held: a) 11th German Open Championship (November 20 – 21, 2021), Brazilian draughts. b) 15th International Saarbrücken – Open 100 Draughts Tournament (November 19 – 20, 2021). The winner of both tournaments was the international grandmaster from Lithuania Aleksej Domcev. IDF master Alexander Bleicher became …
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